Casket-handle.



s. W.. BABBITT.

GASKET HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1908.

Patentgd Dec. 8, 1908.

iwazzm UNITED STATES SETH WILLIAM BABBITT, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

CASE T-HANDLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 17, 1908.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 448,899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH WILLIAM BAB- BITT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCasket- Handles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention contemplates the construction of a casket handle adaptedto be moved against the casket body when a casket is disposed in agrave.

One of the objects of the invention is the production of a casket handleadapted to be moved horizontally on the casket body so as to occupy lessspace when it is desired to dispose the casket in a grave.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be described and particularly pointed out in the a pended claim,and in the drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved handle secured to a casket;Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a part of the handle.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a casket body formed with sideopenings, 2 and 3.

4 designates a handle which may be made of any form and style having aplurality of lateral arms, 5, and 6, extending therefrom. The arms, 5and 6, are mounted on the handle, 4, and may be reinforced by sleeves,7, which are adapted to embrace the handle, 4. Washer plates, 8, formedwith bushings, 9, are inserted in the openings, 2, 3, and each of thebushings is formed with end slots, 10. The washer plates are secured onthe casket body by means of suitable screws, 11, which extend into thebody of the casket.

The arms, 5 and 6 are adapted to extend through the bushings, 9, and aplurality of stop pins, 12, are'threaded on the ends of the arms, 5 and6, and the slots, 10, of bushings, 9, are arranged to register withslots, 13, communicating with the openings, 2 and 3, formed in thecasket body, 1. When extended through the bushings, 9, the arms 5 and 6may be moved horizontally thereon by simply pulling the handle, 4, awayfrom the casket body or pressing the same toward the casket body. Thearms 5 and 6 are revented from leaving the openings, 2 an 3, and thebushings, 9, by means of the stop pins, 12, which are adapted to move inthe slots, 13, of the casket body, and the slots 10 of the bushings.

The casket handles at present in use have i been found to beunsatisfactory and to imerfectly fold against the casket body.

ith my improved handle there is no vertical movement, and, consequently,the weight of the casket in no way afiects the utility of a handle. Whenit is desired to fold the handle against the casket body, all that isnecessary is to push the handle inwardly thereagainst.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is:

A casket formed with transverse openings, longitudinally spaced slottedsupporting members secured to the casket and in the openings, a handlemovable against the casket in a horizontal plane supported by theslotted members and pins movable in the slots of said members forlimiting the movement of the handle against the casket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' SETH WILLIAM BABBITT.

Witnesses EMILE ROLAND .DEssImEAU,

SETH CLIFFORD 'BABBITT.

